Found this silver lady trying to hide today...

[REVIER]

I had a new idea about the weird target behavior in my iron infested mineralized soil, changed my rules a bit on what to look for and what to dig and it works.
This was in a heavily scoured private lawn where I am sure I got this not so great signal before but dismissed it...those days are over.
This will open up my especially challenging sites a bit more I think.

The coin was at about 5", the hole I dug was small no more than 3" wide.
She had two buddies down there with here, close to her, protecting her, hiding her.
Under my old rules it worked well for them, under my new rules it didn't and won't anymore.

This is why I constantly mess with settings, experiment and try to learn new things about target behavior...you never know what can lead you to the promised land until you try.
I wasn't too bad at this stuff before but today I got better.

 

[sddavid]

Nice recovery

 

[always diggin 2]

Congratulations!

 

[Sataro]

Congrats on a very nice lady!

 

[Dang]

Isn't Mercury a male?

 

[REVIER]

Isn't Mercury a male?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_dime

He is, but even though this coin is called a Mercury dime that is just a name that caught on years ago when they were first issued because people in this country can be easily confused.
In reality this is a young version of Lady Liberty...the same person that has adorned many of our coins throughout history.
Another rarely used name that is more authentic is the Winged Liberty Head Dime.
Supposedly the model was a real person, the wife of someone famous at the time it was designed, but nobody has ever proved that to this day.



Mercury dime
Mercury (Winged Liberty) dime
United States
Value 10 cents (0.10 US dollars)
Mass 2.500 g except 2016 gold issue: 3.110 g
Diameter 17.91 mm except 2016 gold issue: 16.50 mm (0.705 in except 2016 gold issue: 0.650 in)
Edge 118 reeds
Composition
.900 silver
.100 copper
2016: .9999 gold
Gold (2016 only) 0.10000 troy oz
Silver 0.07234 troy oz
Years of minting 1916–1945 for commerce, 2016 as a gold commemorative
Mint marks D, S, (2016 only) W. Located on reverse between letter "E" in "ONE" and the base of the olive branch. Philadelphia Mint specimens lack mint mark.

Obverse
1943D Mercury Dime
Design A young Liberty, with winged cap
Designer Adolph Weinman
Design date 1916
Reverse
1943D Mercury Dime
Design olive branch, fasces


The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1945. Designed by Adolph Weinman and also referred to as the Winged Liberty Head dime, it gained its common name as the obverse depiction of a young Liberty, identifiable by her winged Phrygian cap, was confused with the Roman god Mercury. Weinman is believed to have used Elsie Stevens, the wife of lawyer and poet Wallace Stevens, as a model. The coin's reverse depicts a fasces, symbolizing unity and strength, and an olive branch, signifying peace.

By 1916, the dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber had been struck for 25 years, and could be replaced by the Treasury, of which the Mint is a part, without Congressional authorization. Mint officials were under the misapprehension that the designs had to be changed, and held a competition among three sculptors, in which Barber, who had been in his position for 36 years, also took part. Weinman's designs for the dime and half dollar were selected.

Although the new coin's design was admired for its beauty, the Mint made modifications to it upon learning that vending machine manufacturers were having difficulties making the new dime work in their devices. The coin continued to be minted until 1945, when the Treasury ordered that a new design, featuring recently deceased president Franklin Roosevelt, take its place. The Mercury dime was restruck in gold for its centenary in 2016.